U P C H E C K
Upcheck History File
Copyrighted by Pete Rocca, 1994
March 25th, Version 4.00 (public release)
- allowed lowercase and !#$%^ characters in
archiver setup (UpSetup version 4.01)
March 22nd, Version 4.00ß (unreleased beta)
- Added the ability to recompress files with a
new type
- Unfound files are adopted into the file base
- Bad files can be removed by CRC signature
- Can add archive info to the description base,
such as Uploader name, number of files, oldest
and newest dates.
- Can specify file extensions that you wish not
to be accepted. When an archive contains only
these files, it will fail, if it contains a lot
of these files, it can warn the sysop
- Messages to the sysop are sent to the sysop's
name as it appears in UpSetup (for better luck
when searching for new messages)
- Filebase is ALWAYS updated with the archives
new size, name or anything else that changes
during processing
- Descriptions are inserted into failing files if
they exist (allows ease if the sysop decides to
keep it)
- Archives are detected on signature, not extension
- Added support for UC2, SQZ and ZOO
- Can allow unsupported file types to pass, and
can also warn the sysop of this
- Added support for embedded archives, can search 10
levels deep with unlimited number of embedded files
- Duplicates can be determined on bytes as well as files
- Nicer interface in UpSetup
- ANSI.SYS is no longer required to be loaded
- More options in UpUtils
- Can rename improperly named file extensions
- Fixed the slight chance of program hang if the user hung
up during the scan
- Improved the SHARE compatibility from 99.99% to 100.01%
March 12th, Version 3.11 (public release)
- Added feature that allows the Sysop to receive
a message when the file fails
- Added feature to UpSetup that tells whether or
not a file or path exists, to assist in sleepy
moments of 3am configuration (this should save
many hours of massive confusion)
March 11th, Version 3.1 (beta release)
- Added features to UpUtils
- Fixed small bug in UpUtils that was claiming a
file to be a duplicate when it wasn't.
- Increased dupe checking speed in UpUtils
- Added feature to UpCheck that allows normal
processing if dropfile is not found. UpCheck will
default to LOCAL mode if the dropfile is missing.
(However, the user won't get a message if the file
failed as the user's name is in the drop file.) To
ensure that UpCheck runs at full capability, make
sure that the drop file is present.
- Fixed a real stupid mistake with the releasing of
a subdirectory.
- Made the detection of duplicate much more secure.
- Shrunk the memory requirements (only requires 60k
for itself now, down from 110k)
March 8th, Version 3.0 (beta release)
- Added visual user interface
- Added support for writing hudsonbase messages
- Shrunk the size of the dupe database (35%)
- Sped up the checking of duplicate files
- Made configuration program to help make setup easy
- Made the UpUtils program, nice all-in-one version
of AddDesc, AddDupe and DupDesc!
- Improved looks and handling of log file
- Added statistics recording
! Sorry about the quick back to back releases but I
added soooo much stuff that I wanted to get it out.
I hope you all enjoy this version...
March 3rd, Version 2.0
- First public release of the program